RICE LAKE, MN (KDAL) - Five people were sent to hospitals with non life threatening injuries following a pair of crashes in the City of Rice Lake on Wednesday. The first of the incidents occurred around 10:15 a-m at the intersection of the Rice Lake Road and Martin Road. Three vehicles were involved in that crash as on...

SUPERIOR, WI (KDAL) - Motorists trying to get to Duluth from Superior on Wednesday morning needed to take the Bong Bridge after a semi-truck overturned on the Blatnik Bridge around 7:45. The truck overturned on the Superior side of the bridge near the entrance and blocked both northbound lanes. The Duluth bound lanes w...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - Duluth firefighters, who saw smoke and flames coming from a house near their downtown headquarters, responded to the 200 block of Mesaba Avenue around 12:45 on Tuesday afternoon. The vacant structure was fully involved with fire coming from both levels of the home and had spread to trees in the fron...

ELY, MN (Northern News Now/KDAL) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed an executive order banning non ferrous metal mining in the Rainy River Headwaters watershed near the BWCAW (Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness). The order stops new permits and environmental reviews and also blocks new state mining leases. Wal...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - A portion of the Lakewalk in Duluth is closed from Tuesday until the end of October for the continuation of a Coastal Improvement project on the popular walkway. The Lakewalk is closed between Leif Erikson Park and Water Street. A detour is posted directing pedestrian traffic around the construction...

SUPERIOR, WI (KDAL) - Fire caused an estimated 100 thousand dollars in damage to a home in the 1500 block of North 56th Street in South Superior on Monday afternoon. The Superior Fire Department arrived about 3:15 p-m to find heavy fire on the rear exterior of the single family home that extended into the eaves and roo...

DULUTH, MN (KDAL) - The north and southbound lanes of I-35 just south of Mesaba Avenue will be closing overnight on Monday. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the closure is needed to place beams for a new pedestrian bridge at that location. The full closure will begin at 10 p-m Monday (8/17) and last unti...